Around the 46:25 when that guy asks what weapons they plan on using on this giant scorpion the pathologist from Mexico City says "Gas". What gas? DDT? (LOL) ...Since the constant spraying of rifle bullets at it obviously doesn't do anything to it and this kind of thing happens in lots of these "giant" mutant insect 50s "horror" movies why doesn't anyone ever pick up on the idea of using, say, artillery with exploding shells or (don't know if they had 'em at that time, but uranium tipped mortar shells (exploding, of course) would seem to be helpful...at least a hell of a lot more effective than friggin' military issue rifles/machine guns!!!

10:34 The Professor says, "Some of my countrymen may like rattlesnakes in the house. I can do without them." Wow... not overly racist, is it? Would it have set production THAT FAR behind to at least ask ONE Mexican person if ANY of them at all like rattlesnakes in their houses? ¡Háy Chihuahua! :-)

that movie wasn't so bad. The train wreck near the end (oops, spoiler) was pretty amazing for it's time. Better than Transformers, anyway. The grand finale battle was pretty good too. This was a good episode to show how Season 1 went from winging-it ad-libs to full on hysterical riffing. No doubt this episode was scripted for your laughing pleasure. Some real zingers to be had.

You know, with two Corman films and a TV series about a female superhero, not to mention the current TV show about a team of crime-fighting nerds, it always surprises me that this movie is about a little arachnid.

As Warner Bros has copyclaimed the Youtube vid, I'm making a reply here because I'm not sure if it'll help or not. I stumbled upon Yahoo View, and apparently they got a scatter of episodes to view as well, including this feature specifically. I'll link Black Scorpion here, but there's like 46 extras. Some may have been posted by Shoutfactory or other sources, but it's a potential fallback.

Well done Gypsy.
I also love the 'bots discussing Joel's 'odd' human behavior. I also completely lost it at Cambots translations. "my goiter has been worse since the accident" I also know just enough spanish to know that isn't what they're saying, but it's still hilarious.

I was glad Joel hinted about the announcer/narrator, asking wonder what he looks like? Because he is clearly Les Tremayne, king of the announcers for several decades, radio onwards. And he also was third banana in lots of movies.

Two great host segments! Love Tony Pepdardt's letter to Crow and Gypsy as The Black Scorpion (too bad her tail fell off, although something about the way the puppet/robots fall apart is just so funny in itself!)

"Josh Weinstein" is not usually the first name that comes to mind when you think of the people behind MST3K, but his contributions were enormous. Besides helping to write the theme song, performing in front of and behind the camera, writing gags and operating puppets from the KTMA days onward, Weinstein reportedly discovered a struggling young comedian named Mike Nelson and asked him to join the crew. He makes a quiet, graceful exit at the end of this episode (while wearing several pounds of green makeup).

-If I ever have one of these (referring to the baby), maybe I'll feed it beans and tortillas. I'll be able to get some sleep.
-Doubt it
-(screechy/growly sound)
-No more beans and tortillas for this kid